The Sacaton Mountains is a corundum mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Sacaton Mountains MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sacaton Mountains
Commodity
Primary: Corundum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Corundum
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CRYSTALLINE CORUNDUM AND ASSOCIATED QUARTZ AND RUTILE, FORM IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER, IN FELSITE DIKES THAT CUT COARSE GRAINED GRANITE.
Comment (Location): PHILLIPS REPORTS THE TOWNSHIP AND RANGE AS 6S, 6E.
Comment (Production): FUTURE OF PRODUCTION OF ABRASIVE QUALITY CORUNDUM IN ARIZONA IS PRACTICALLY NIL. HOWEVER, SPECIMENS OF GEM (LARGELY SEMIPRECIOUS) QUALITY MAY STILL BE FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, R.T., AND VARGA, R.J., 1976, MAPS SHOWING NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE PHOENIX AREA, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-845-J, SCALE 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1963, "MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): LARRABEE, D.M., 1969, "CORUNDUM", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 336.
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